The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-08-04
OUR MAN on THE OUTSIDE.
CHIPS FROM 4. HATCHETT.
MONTHLY MEETING nF TOWN COhMIs-
SiONERS.

siONERs.
By special request of the Mayor and
several of the Town Commissioners l Gin
this article discard the third person. at
tended the monthly meeting Of that august
body on Mondays might. As | entered the
room, Mr. Persse took the floor and for
sometime grated upon the sanitary condi-
ton Of the town, discussing watermelon
rinds I'D ihftnat,tne. After long discussion
it vas finally agreed to instruct the Chief
of Police to notify persons putting rinds CT
the street in front of their houses to re-
move them in twenty-four hours or they
would be subject to fine. The Chief of
Police remarked, that most Of the people
who eat watermelons here had no home i'll
town, and before the twenty-feur hours
was ont, would be i'll Oxford, or some
where else This ended the discussion
On the iind " question and the Board
proceeded to discuss the remittance of 4
fine imposed upon J. \. Kelly for having
brick on the sidewalk where lie is building
a prize house. The Board decided to remit
the fae, but decided they had no right to
remit the cost, (the fees of the officero) this
vciw of the case being taken by Mr..
Persse and acquiesced in by the majority
after some little demurring. This matter
being through with, the regular order of
business, the auditing Of accounts, etc, was
proceeded with and finished. Just at this
iunctlIre | went out of the room for few
minutes, and upon my return was asked by
his Honor, the Mayor, Commissioners
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the action of the Board On other matters of
interest to the town. Remembering a
promise made to Commissioner Danger
field (Who was not presently L reluctantly
called the attention of the Board to the
condition of College street, stating that MIR
Daingertield having given the street to the
town, of itself valuable property, and hay.
ing spent out of his private purse several
hundred dollars to put the street in fine
condition before turning.it over to the town;
that since he made deed to the street the
town had never spent cent on it, that it
was without lamp, and that weeds and
bushes had grown on the sidewalks TO the
height of a mans head that is was due
alike to the donor of this street, the college
and town this street should be in better
| condition, etc. also explained that Mr.
Daingerfeld owning property upon this
street and being q Commissioner, felt de-
LEGACY in bringing the matter before the
Board. L then took occasion to remark,
my opinions having been asked for, that
while l knew nothing of the case of MI.
Kelly upon which the Board had acted, it
seemed to me it was contrary to common
sense and common justice they should de-
clare man innocent of any violation OF
law, which they had done i'll this case, and
still punish him by making him pay cost
greater than the fine-that if he was in
nOcent he owed no cost or fine. At this
| iuncture Mr.. Persse rose and addressed
the chair with a motion 'that Mr.. Hatchett
is no lawyer and had no right to dictate to
this Board what it shall do 1hss after
had been tnc6ted By the Mayor to express my
views. The Mayor and other gentlemen
| Immediately rose to their feet, interrupted
Mr.. Persse, whose motion got no second,
and stated it was upon tier invitation
had spoken. When they were through,
feeling unwilling, either to treat with any
disrespect those gentlemen who had in
vited me there, or to pay fine for con-
tempt to court, l simply stated l had no
disposition to intrude myself upon the body
and would not again have anything to say to
them even upon invitation. The meeting
then ajourned.
| have heretofore been censured by
members Of the Board for not publishing
their proceedings to the paper. They shall
not complain of me i'll that respect i'll the
future, A. HATCHETT.
From the get up of our outside (not of
''the man on the outsider it is very evident
the office is mOonstruck, and that this is a